US EditionIran War Tests MAGA's 'America First' Credo
- As US bombs fall on Iran, President Donald Trump's supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas are framing military strikes as a natural extension of his "America First" worldview.
- The fifth week of conflict has exposed a fault line within the MAGA movement, pitting long-standing hawks against a populist wing shaped by rhetoric against "forever wars," with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson issuing searing rebukes.
- Recent CBS and Politico polling shows 92 percent and 81 percent approval among ordinary MAGA voters; "I trust him 100 percent," said Penny Crosby, 62, from Beaumont, Texas.
- Razi Marshall, a 19-year business student at the University of Southern California and Young Republicans member, warned the intervention could prove costly, describing it as an "abject failure" risking ground war.
- Ray Myers, 81, from Dallas, supports the strikes but warned that backing could fray if conflict drags on, noting "that's the barometer... the gas prices for the general public.
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Trump’s Iran war follows his own playbook for political distraction
In addition to being a liar, cheat, con man and convicted felon, Donald Trump is also a hypocrite. He unwittingly gave away his real reason for his current fascination with Iran. In 2012 and 2013, Trump frequently insinuated that then President Barack Obama would start a war in Iran to shore up his re-election effort and to distract from his supposed faults as a leader.
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Many of his supporters follow his bellicist tone and reject any idea of contradiction.
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Trump's Iran war tests MAGA 'America First' creed
For a decade or more, "America First" has been a rallying cry against foreign wars. But as US bombs fall on Iran, many of President Donald Trump's supporters are embracing a muscular campaign abroad…
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